Battenhall Fms
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Peters without Worcester
Historical Forms
- Batenhale 969 BCS1240 11th Bodl49 1295 FF 1304 Pat 1335
- Oldebatenhale 1365 BM
- Bathenhull 1542 LP
- Batenhall 1545 LP
- Batnold 1557 Wills
Etymology
'Bata's nook,' v. healh . The pers. name Bata is only recorded as a nickname in OE and in Batcombe (So), Batancumb (BCS 1174) and probably in Batton (D), Bateton 1254Ass . For Batnold cf. Cakebole infra 236.